All Saints Day (observed), November 3, 2024

We at OSLC are pleased to provide this service. Today is All Saints’ Day (observed) and the color changes to white. The mood of the day is more joyful than somber: we are glad because of God’s promise that those who die in the faith are with the Lord in Heaven. The first distribution hymn is not a common one for us. We will try to get some folks to sing it loud. The faithfully departed shall be honored after the sermon with their name and a toll of the bell. We have procession and recession with hymns to mark this special day in the church calendar. Color: White Prelude Bells Opening Hymn: 651 “I Love Your Kingdom, Lord” Liturgy: DS III First Reading: Revelation 7:9–17 Gradual: Revelation 7:14b; Psalm 84:5 Epistle: 1 John 3:1–3 Gospel: Matthew 5:1–12 Hymn of the Day: 677 “For all the saints” Text Focus: Matthew 5:6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness.” Distribution Hymn B: 633 “At the Lamb’s high feast we sing” Closing Hymn: 676 “Behold a host, arrayed in white” We thank Concordia Publishing House (CPH) for this temporary promotional license during this time of crisis. https://music.cph.org/lutheran-servic... During the COVID19 virus outbreak we encourage everyone to stay safe. We hope that this reaches our brothers and sisters in Christ. We furthermore wish to share the hope that we have in Christ. CPH has extended this license to OSLC, and we are very grateful. Our license number is LSBL 100011895. Also, Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI / http://us.ccli.com ) has given us a streaming license, CCLI CSPL047757. This license shows that the authors and copyright holders have graciously given us their permission to put these materials in our live stream and post-edited material. Visit us online, and when this COVID quarantine is over, visit us in person. OSLC can be found on the web at https://www.oslc-rc.org. OSLC can be found on Facebook at:   / oslcrc   The audio and text of the scripture readings and sermon can be found on our web site at http://www.oslc-rc.org/sermons Legal Credits: Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. All rights reserved. May not copy or download more than 500 consecutive verses of the ESV Bible or more than one half of any book of the ESV Bible This translation of the Bible may be found at these fine retailers: Apple Books. https://books.apple.com/us/book/esv-c... Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/ESV-Study-Bibl...